Electoral registration in Australia, 2026–2027

Registering for the first time

Register if you are a Timorese citizen aged 16 or over and are not yet in the electoral database.

Bring your Consular Registration, and one of:

• your Timor‑Leste (RDTL) birth certificate, original or copy;
• your valid National Identity Card (BI), original or certified copy;
• your Timor‑Leste passport, original or certified copy.

If you acquired Timorese nationality by naturalisation or another process, also bring the Certificate of Nationality issued by the Ministry of Justice.

Updating your details

If you are already registered and hold an electoral card, come in to:

• correct your personal details, such as your name or date of birth;
• change your residence or address;
• replace an electoral card you have lost.

For the documents each kind of update needs, call the contact for your city below.

The Government of Timor‑Leste is holding information sessions on the electoral process for the Timorese community in Australia. Two members of the IX Constitutional Government will attend to explain the process and answer questions directly.

Questions

For information about registration, updating your details or the information sessions, call:

• Melbourne Mr Leoneto Mantilo+61 455 772 576
• Darwin Mr Marcelino Araújo+61 427 467 268
• Darwin Ms Teresinha Quefi+61 408 439 703
• Sydney Mr Bruno Pedro+61 475 211 445

Why it matters

The Embassy asks every Timorese citizen who is not yet registered, or whose details need updating, to take this opportunity. Registering is how you exercise your civic rights, including the right to take part in the elections scheduled for 2027, under the applicable electoral laws and regulations.

Please share this with your family, friends, colleagues and other Timorese citizens living in Australia.

Electoral registration — our vote, our civic right!